Ricky Craven
Ricky Craven
Richard Allen "Ricky" Cravenis an ESPN broadcaster who works as a NASCAR analyst for the network. Prior to his ESPN duties, he was a NASCAR driver who won in four different series—the K&N Pro Series, and the three national series. He occasionally served as a pit reporter when NASCAR aired on TBS in the mid-1990s. Craven is perhaps most well known for winning the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, beating Kurt Busch in the closest finish in Cup Series history...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth24 May 1966
ended fact package race wish
You can't wish for more fuel. The fact is, the package we started the race with ended up costing us.
advantage circuit competitor court drivers fact felt home hurt laps liked run slight track wished
If there were a track on the circuit where I wished we raced more it would be New Hampshire. The fact that I have always liked the track as a competitor does not hurt either. I always felt I had a slight home court advantage over the other drivers because I have run so many laps there, and I use that to my advantage.
came challenged coming expected familiar gates knew series strong struggle
I expected to be challenged coming into this season, ... We knew that this was a new series and there were some newer things, but we were familiar with some things. We expected to struggle early, but we came out of the gates very strong and we were very consistent. Then we just struggled, but we're still battling.
bring came cars caution eight four laps late nine three together
If a caution comes out late in the race, it's a free-for all. When the caution came out in the '70s, all it did was bring three or four cars together because 10th place was eight or nine laps down.
business next
It has become big business and when you look at next year's schedule,